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VIDEO: Veterans Tackle Protester With Benghazi Sign At Obama Speech

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07.23.15 | 1:07 pm
Veterans tackle anti-Obama protester

Two veterans tackled an elderly protester and tore a sign reading “The Emperor Benghazi Has No Clothes” from his hands during President Obama’s Tuesday speech on veterans’ issues in Pittsburgh. Video footage by NBC captured the brief scuffle, which occurred as Obama was addressing the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Allegra Kirkland is TPM's deputy editor for audience and strategy, based in New York. She returned to TPM after six years at Teen Vogue, where she served as the Politics Director, overseeing all aspects of the team's political coverage.
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  1. Let’s not get physical, please.

  2. He seemed nonplussed. He expected the response. He wanted the response. He lives for the response. Just like @Puppies.

  3. Geez, who is giving me a bump within seconds of my post? I love you!

  4. I don’t think he knew what hit 'im.

  5. I’m very fond of you as well. And mostly not so fond of trolls. : )

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